Automobile headlight



Jan. 9, 1923. 1,441,374.

6. A. ROBERTS.

AUTOM0 Bl'LE HEADLIGHT.

FILED 1AN.14, 1922.

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GEORGE ROBERTS, F MANCHESTER CENTER, VERMONT.

.AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT.

Application filed January-14, 1922. SeriaPNo. 529,176.

To all whom z'tmay, concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Manchester Center, in the .county '5 of Bennington andState of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomobile Headlights, of which i v the followingds a specification.

My present invention relates generally to 4' 1 0 automobile headlightsand more particular-.

25 taken centrally therethrou Referring now to these figures my im-,

ly to non-glare headlights, my object being the provision 'ofa headlightconstruction whereby maximum light may be thrown upon a roadway inadvance of the headlight,

without glare,'and still permit of the use of a clear glass bulb as wellas a clear lass front late in .orderthat maximum vight from t e bulbwill be utilized.

.In the accompanying rawing which il-.

lust'rates my present inv ntion and forms a part of thisspe'cification,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved headlight, and I Figure 2is a vertical longitudinal section roved headlight may include the usualcasmg 10 and rim 11, the lattersurrounding the open front or forwardedge of the headlight casing 10 and suitablysecured thereto for thepurpose of holding the clear glass front plate 12 in place across theopen front of the reflector 13 located withinthe casing. I

In the reflector 13 a source of light, for instance an electric bulb 14is focused as usual, and this bulb maybe of clear glass;

its upwardly directed rays, which would otherwise impinge upon and bereflected fonwardly'by, the upperportion of the reflector 13, beingsubdued and its direct forward rays being cut off by means which I 1will now proceed to describe.

In accordance with my invention a horizontally disposed partition 15 islocated within the reflector slightly above the plane of the light bulb.14 and includes a narrow surrounding .frame 16 whose forward portionextends across the front of the reflector immediately in the rear of thetrans-.

parent front plate 12, said ame extending for the' full depth of the reector and having aflat section of translucentLmaterial as at 17 disposedtherein. This section of translucent material is preferably colored tosoften the light, as by giving it a greenish hue.

Below the forward portion of thepartiti n- 15 is a vertical series ofrelatively,

narrow light deflecting fins 18, this series of fins extendingvertically throughout the lower portion of the reflector 13 that isbelow the partition 15, and each fin being inclined upwardly andinwardlyso that all direct rays from the light source 14 as well as allrays reflected forwardly from that portion of the reflector 13 below thepartition 15, will be deflected downwardly by the fins 18 and thusdirected downwardly upon 'a roadway-surface in front; of the headlight.4 v

It is obvious from the foregoing that imdimmed light rays emanating fromthe 1. A headlight including a source of light,

a reflector in which the source of light is focused havingan internalhorizontally dis- ,posed translucent-partition above the source" oflight and extending for the full depth of the reflector, and ab-seriesof vertically spaced light deflecting fins extending across theforwardportion of the reflector below the said partition. 3

headlight will flood a roadway surface in front of the headlight withoutdanger of 2. A headlight including a source of light,.

a reflector in which the saidsource oflight is focused, having aninternal horizontally disposed translucent partition above the source oflight and a vertical series of upwardly and inwardly inclined lightdeflecting fins in the forward portion of the reflector, the said seriesextending continuous! fly from-the forward prtion of the said partitionto the, lower portion of thereflcotor as described.

J GEORGE -A.-ROBERTS.

